Greenshot vs Screenpresso

Greenshot is free, open-source screenshot software for Windows PCs. It can capture a selected region, a window, or the full screen, and can capture scrolling web pages from Internet Explorer. Users can annotate and highlight screenshots, obscure selected portions, and extract text with OCR. Images can be saved, printed, copied, emailed, sent to Office, or uploaded to photo sites such as Flickr or Picasa. Listed export formats are PNG and JPEG. Greenshot is intended for people who create screenshots, including project managers, developers, technical writers, and testers. The Windows plan is listed at free, and an optional cost contribution is $1.99 as a one-time purchase. The latest stable Windows release listed is version 1.3.315, dated 20 Mar 2026. Source code is available in Git repositories. Windows 8 users may be prompted to install.NET 3.5, though they can skip that installation.

Screenpresso captures screenshots and screen video, then provides tools to annotate captures and share instructions. It can capture a full screen, a region, or a window, and combine scrolling windows into one image. Video recording saves as MP4 and supports sound, webcam, automatic subtitles, and editing features. The built-in image editor includes cropping, effects, numbered steps, annotations, and AI image modification. Images and comments can be assembled into PDF, DOCX, or HTML documents. Other listed export formats include PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, WebP, JPEG XL, and WMV. Sharing destinations include Screenpresso Cloud, email clients, Google Drive, YouTube, OneDrive, OneNote, Dropbox, Linear, Imgur, Cloudinary, SFTP, and Amazon S3. The free plan includes image capture and HD video capture with branding; PRO adds OCR, the full editor, document generation, multiple workspaces, sharing features, and priority support. The listed desktop platform is Windows, with a browser extension also available. The download page lists Windows 11 and says macOS, iOS, and Android are not supported.